<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Arabic-L: Wed 22 Sep 2009</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <<a href="mailto:dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu">dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu</a>></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">[To post messages to the list, send them to <a href="mailto:arabic-l@byu.edu">arabic-l@byu.edu</a>]</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:listserv@byu.edu">listserv@byu.edu</a> with first line reading:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> unsubscribe arabic-l ]</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-------------------------Directory------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1) Subject:Columbia Summer Arabic Program</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1)</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Date: 22 Sep 2009</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">From:taoufiq ben amor <<a href="mailto:tb46@columbia.edu">tb46@columbia.edu</a>></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Subject:Columbia Summer Arabic Program</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; ">Arabic Summer Program<br><br>Departmental Representative: Dr. Taoufik Ben-Amor, 610A Kent Hall<br>212-854-2895<br><a href="mailto:tb46@columbia.edu">tb46@columbia.edu</a><br><br>Course are offered in two five-week sessions:<br><br>June 1-July 3, 2009<br>July 6- August 7, 2009<br><br>First Year Arabic, I and II (Alif Baa and Al-Kitaab Vol.1, Chapters <br>1-18)<br>Second Year Arabic, I and II* (Al-Kitaab Vol.2, Chapters 1-9)<br>Third Year Arabic, I and II* (Al-Kitaab Vol. 3, Chapters 1-9)<br><br>* Students applying for any course other than First Year Arabic, I, <br>must take an online placement exam before they are admitted to the <br>program.<br>Students who have taken Elementary or Intermediate Arabic at Columbia <br>University are not required to take the placement exam.<br><br>Students are encouraged to take courses in both sessions, but with <br>permission from the director may take one session.<br><br>The Columbia Arabic Summer Program (CASP) offers intensive instruction <br>in the Arabic language through texts, multimedia materials, and <br>activities designed to situate the language in the context of cultures <br>in which it is spoken.<br><br>The language of instruction is Modern Standard Arabic (MSA).<br><br>Experienced instructors use a communicative approach that emphasizes <br>listening, reading, speaking, writing and culture. Activities designed <br>to teach all skills spring from real situations and current events. <br>Classes are held in technologically advanced smart and electronic <br>classrooms.<br><br>The program also includes:<br><br> * Daily free tutoring provided by an experienced tutor<br> * Readings of Arabic short stories, poetry, and current newspaper <br>articles for Third Year classes.<br> * Live television and radio broadcasts from the Middle East, <br>movies, music, the Internet, video clips, and access to interactive <br>instructional facilities<br> * Trips to acquaint students with the magnificent Middle Eastern <br>heritage on display in museums and libraries of New York City. Visits <br>to Middle Eastern neighborhoods and restaurants, and lessons in Middle <br>Eastern cuisine<br><br>Students in the Columbia Arabic Summer Program follow the Summer Term <br>application and registration procedures.<br><br>For more information, please follow this link:<br><br><a href="http://www.ce.columbia.edu/summer/courses_listing_detail.cfm?">http://www.ce.columbia.edu/summer/courses_listing_detail.cfm?</a> <br>PID=1&DeptID=80<br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">--------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">End of Arabic-L: 22 Sep 2009</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>